Fish lure



July 2, 1935. R W @O T 2,006,604

FISH LURE Filed May 25, 1934 Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE,

' FISH LURE "Raymond W. Post, Van Nuys, Calif. Application May 25, 1934, Serial No. 727,453

lclaim. (01.43-46) This invention relatesto artificial baits to be As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, my bait comprises emp o d a fi u s a more particularly o a body of material shaped in the general outline artificial minnows. g of a fish. The main bodyof the lure is composed An object of the invention is to provide a lure, of two complementary body members I .and 2,

a the app a an of wh ay be r ad ly alt r d respectively, having" substantially flat juxtaposed 5 by the fishermanat his discretion. I surfaces 3.and.4, respectively, which fit together Another object is to provide alure that is eassubstantially alon the median plane of the fish ily and inexpensively manufactured and can be and grip therebetwen a lamina 5 (Figs. 6 and readily assembled and disassembled. 7) of sheet material, and awire loop 6, the whole 10 Another object is to provide a lure having a being retained'together bya screw! and nut 8. 10

body portion formed largely of glass or other In the particular model shown, the body mem brittle material with a connecting link (for conbers I and 2 are of slightly different shape to necting the lure between a leader and a hook) cause the bait to move in, an irregular .fashion retained therein in such a manner as to impose when drawnthrough the water but it is to be little or no strain on the glass body portion. understood that both members I. and 2 maybe 15 Briefly, the invention comprises an imitation symmetrical and need not have the particular bait having a body portion formed of two halves outlines illustrated. The body members and 2 of transparent material, such as glass, withapiece are preferably formed of glass, or other transof sheet material positioned between the halves parent material, and when made of glass they .and gripped therebetween to give a desired dismay be formed by a molding operation. Because 20 tinctive appearance. Thus the sheet of material of their transparency, the body members themmay be of any desired color or have a suitable selves do not determine thegeneral appearance design thereon and by substituting different of the lure, it being determined mainly by the sheets of different designs or colors the appearappearance of the lamina 5 inserted between the ance of the bait may be changed. I glass body members, which is distinctly colored 25 A full understanding of the invention may be or decorated to give any desired appearance. had from the following detailed description which The screw 1 is shown positioned in the head refers t th drawing: end of the fish to imitate the eyes thereof. To In the drawing: this end, the screwv and nut are preferablymade Fig.1 is an elevation view of one side of a bait of some brightly finished material, such as nickel. in accordance with my invention; Of course, if desired, the head of the screw and Fig. 2 is an elevation view of the opposite side the nut may be painted some prominent distincof the bait shown in Fig. l; tive color, such as a bright red.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bait shown in eleva- The wire loop 6, which constitutes the means tion in Figs. 1 and 2; for attaching the lure to a fish line and to a hook 35 Fig. 4 is an elevation view of one half of the positioned back of the lure, is positioned in body portion of the bait showing the surface congrooves provided therefor in the surfaces 3 and tacting with the other half; 4 of the body members I and 2, respectively, so

Fig. 5 is an elevation view showing the contact that when the members are clamped together '40 surface of the other half of the body portion of by the screw 1 the wire loop lies loosely within 40 the bait; the body and imposes no strains thereon. It will Fig. 6 is a cross section through the assembled be observed that with the construction shown in halt, the section being taken in a plane intersect- Figs. 4 and 5 longitudinal stress'es applied to the ing the projection moi-Fig.4; wire loop 6 cannot be transferred to the body Fig. '7 is an elevation view of the lamina posimembers I and 2. However, in some instances 45 tioned between the two halves of the bait for givit may be desirable to make the body members ing it a desired ct v pp i and 2 of less brittle material than ordinary.

Fig. 8 is an elevation view of one half of the glass and in such case it may be desirable to body portion of a modified form of bait; and bend the loop in zigzag shape and provide zigzag Fig. 9 is an elevation view of one half of still grooves therefor, as shown at 6a in Fig. 8. Obvianother modified form of bait. ously with such construction the wire loop will Fig. 10 is a side elevation view of a modified b held rigidly between the body members so that bait in which provision is made for the attachit has no free movement. ment of two hooks and in which the two halves In the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 4 and of the body are held together by a band clamp. 8, it is impossible for the body member to rotate around {the wire 6 or is as an axis. However, in case it is desired that the lure be free to rotate about the supporting wire, the construction disclosed in Fig. 9 may be employed, in which the wire has a straight portion extending straight through the body member, and eyes on the ends thereof beyond the body member for connection to the fish line and hook.

When only one screw is employed to hold the two body members I and 2 together, as shown in the drawing, it is necessary to provide cooperating interlocking parts on the two members to retain them in proper relative position. The wire 6 engaging with the walls of the grooves in which it is positionedtends to a certain extent to maintain the body members in alignment but it is desirable to provide other means for this purpose. member 2 is provided with projections l0 and Ii, which nest in cooperating depressions l2 and II, respectively, in the surface 3 of the body membet I.

As stated hereinbefore, the lamina 5, which is clamped between the two body members I and 2, controls to a large extent the appearance of the completed lure. This lamina 5 may be made of various materials; tin foil may be used to give a silvery appearance or gold foil to give the appearance of gold. If other colors are desired, the lamina 5 may be made of water-proofed paper, either painted any desired solid color or provided with any desired design. Thus it might be speckled. Of course, there is a wide variety of materials that can be used to construct the lamina 5; thus rubber may be employed or any other flexible material. The lamina; of course, must conform to the projections llland II and their associated depressions I 2 and I 3 and for this reason should have a certain amount of elasticity.

My fish lure has a special appeal because it is possible to readily change the appearance by substituting diiierent lamina: 5. the substitution being made by simply removing the nut I from the bolt 1, separating the two body members i and 2, taking out the old lamina, inserting a new one, and reassembling the device. The laminae are very inexpensive so that each fisherman can carry a stock of laminae having many different colors and/ or designs thereon.

A slightly modified form of construction is shown in Fig. 10. This form diflfers from that To this end, the surface 4 of the bodydisclosed in Fig. 1 in that the two halves of the body portion are held together by a band ll encircling the body, the ends of which are detachably secured together by a screw Ii. A further distinction between the embodiment shown in Fig. 10 and that shown inlig. i is that the wire loop 6c is bent to project from the body at three points instead of two. Thus the loop 6c, in addition to projecting from the forward end of the body to form a means of attaching the lure to a leader and from the rear end of the body for the attachment of a hook at that point, also projects from the under side of the body for the attachment at that point of another hook. v

The body portion is preferably grooved circum ferentially to receive the clamp II and prevent longitudinal displacement of the clamp after it has been secured in position. The lure shown in Fig. 10 is comprised of two body portions clamped together about the wire loop 0c and a lamina for giving a distinctive appearance exactly as in the case of the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to '1, except of course that since therein no bolt extending through the body members and lamina, no aperture to receive the bolt need be provided in the lamina.

It is to be understood that although I prefer to position the wire loops between the two halves of the body portion in all of the modifications shown, the loop may if desired be solidly imbedded in one of the body members, in which case the assembly of the two body halves about the the outline of said adjacent surfaces and pooltioned therebetween for sivinsths lure adesired distinctiveappearanee dependingimonthecoior and/or designoftheiamina, saidadjacent surfaces of said two parts also having juxtaposed grooves therein, a wire loop adapted to at in saidgroovesandextendbeyondsa'ldbodytoconstitute a connecting member. and means for releasablychm lslidtwobodypartstogether about saidlaminaandsaidwireioop.

Ramon!) w. POST. 

